GC Catalog 2011 2012 - Gaston College

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Student InformationTable of ContentsSTUDENT INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2About the College, Locations &Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52011-2012 Academic Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 6ADMISSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9General Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . 7Curriculum Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Economic and Workforce Development/Continuing Education Programs . . . . . . 10TUITION, FEES AND GENERAL COSTS . . . . . . 10-12Curriculum Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Economic and Workforce Development/Continuing Education Programs: . . . . . . 11FINANCIAL AID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-17General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Student Responsibilities (Financial Aid) . . . 13Federally-Supported Programs . . . . . . . . . . 14State-Supported Programs/Scholarships . 15Veterans Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Vocational Rehabilitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-23Economic & Workforce Development/Continuing Education Programs . . . . 18College Transfer Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Associate In Applied Science Degrees . . . . . 22Programs of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-24Associate in Applied Science Degrees . . 23Diplomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-27Cooperative Education (Co-Op) . . . . . . . . . . 26Student Employment Services . . . . . . . . . . 27Distance Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27University Center at Gaston College . . . . . . 27STUDENT SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-41Counseling and Career Development Ctr . . 40Student Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Student ID Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Bookstores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41WSGE 91.7 fm Radio Station . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Food Service/Vending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41COLLEGE TRANSFER PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . 42-55Eligibility Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Associate in Arts (A10100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Associate in Science (A10400) . . . . . . . . . . 48Associate in Fine Arts (A10200) . . . . . . . . . 52Associate in General Education (A10300) . 54ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE (A.A.S)DEGREE PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-104DIPLOMA PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105-122CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122-147COURSE DESCRIPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148-258ADMINISTRATION/FACULTY/STAFF . . . . . . . 259-276Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259Gaston College Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . .259Faculty/Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259-276Faculty Emeritus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277-281MAP/DIRECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282-284Dallas Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282Lincoln Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283Kimbrell Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284POLICIES AND PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-39Student Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Records & Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Student Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Change of Major/Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Registration For Curriculum Classes . . . 30-32Awarding of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Awarding of Transfer Credits from AnotherSchool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Transferring to Another School fromGaston College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Grading System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Satisfactory Academic Progress . . . . . . . . . . 37Academic Forgiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Grounds for Student Academic Dismissal . . 38Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Student InformationAbout the College, Locations & Phone NumbersThe Gaston College Catalog is a annual publicationwhich lists the academic policies and procedures. Inaddition, it includes information for fees, curriculumrequirements, and courses for over 100 programsof study, course descriptions, and a listing of administration,faculty and staff at Gaston College. PublicationNotice: This edition of the Catalog was publishedMay 2011. General college information and/or specific program information may have changedsince this catalog was printed.Go to www.gaston.edu, click on "Quick Links", andscroll down to the “catalog” link to view the mostrecent catalog edition.ABOUT THE COLLEGECelebrating nearly 50 years of service, GastonCollege is one of 58 community colleges in theNorth Carolina Community College System. InJanuary 1963, the college was granted a charterby the State of North Carolina, and began its firstclasses in temporary headquarters in September1964. The college moved to its permanent campuson Highway 321 between Dallas and Gastoniatwo months later. Serving both Gaston and Lincolncounties, Gaston College enrolls over 6,000students each term in curriculum programs andaverages over 16,000 students annually in its Economicand Workforce Development/ContinuingEducation programs.Gaston College Campusesand Phone/Fax NumbersGaston College (Main)Dallas Campus201 Highway 321 SouthDallas, NC 28034-1499704.922.6200 • FAX 704.922.2323Lincoln CampusP.O. Box 600511 S. Aspen StreetLincolnton, NC 28093704.748.1040 • FAX 704.748.1074Kimbrell Campus& Textile Technology Center7220 Wilkinson Blvd.Belmont, NC 28012704.825.3737 • FAX 704.825.3775Gaston College Website Address: www.gaston.eduAlso, follow Gaston College onTELEPHONE NUMBERSDallas Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6200Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6214Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6428Business Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6414Campus Cafe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6430Class Auditor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6347Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6220Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6227Office of the Registrar/Student Records/Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6332Sponsorship Office. . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6410Writing Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.2369Academic Affairs Division Offices . . 704.922.6240Business & Information Tech. . . 704.922.6263Cooperative Education. . . . . . . . 704.922.6212Educational Partnerships . . . . . . 704.9226297Engineering & Industrial EducationTechnologiy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6296G-NET/TRiO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.2363Health Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6379Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6349Liberal Arts & Sciences . . . . . . . 704.922.6311LibrariesDallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.9226356Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704.748.1050Kimbrell . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.825.3737, x228WSGE Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6552Lincoln Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.748.1040Office of the Dean . . . . . . . . . . . .704.748.1055Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704.748.1075Business Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704.748.1053Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .704.748.1051Kimbrell Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.825.3737Office of the Dean . . . . . . . . . . . 704.825.3737Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.825.3737, x289Business Office. . . . . . . . . 704.825.3737, x325Economic and Workforce Development/Continuing Education . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6521Office of VP for Economic and WorkforceDevelopment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6476Community Education . . . . . . . . 704.922.6251Traffic School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6353Corporate Education . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6447Criminal Justice Academy . . . . . 704.922.6531Department for EMS Education .704.922.6241Fire and Rescue Training . . . . . . 704.922.6257Small Business Center. . . . . . . . 704.922.6449Life SkillsABE/GED Learning Lab - Dallas 704.922.6322ABE/GED Learning Lab - Lincoln 704.748.1047Adult Basic Education . . . . . . . . 704.922.6320Adult High School Diploma . . . . 704.922.6319or 704.748.1046Basic Skills Classes . . . . . . . . . . 704.922.6320English as a Second Language . 704.922.6318Human Resources Dev. . . . . . . . 704.922.65473
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